Carpet-sweeper.



No. 698,098. Patented Apr. 22,1902.-

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CARPET SWEEPER. (Application 'tiled Dec. 2B, 1901.\

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JONATHAN BARNES, RICHARD WALTON KENYGN, AND WILLIAM HENRY lKENYQN, OF AGCRINGTON, ENGLAND.

CARPET-SWEEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,098, dated April 22, 1902.

Application filed December 28,1901. Serial No. 87,598. (No model.)

T0 60% whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JONATHAN BARNES, RICHARD WAL'roN KENYON, and WILLIAM HENRY KENYON, British subjects, and residents of Accrington, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Carpet-Sweepers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in carpet-sweepers, and is designed to provide for the securing in position of the wood handle or stale. Hitherto the wood handle or stale has been secured to a pivoted or swiveling socket by being screwed therein, a screw-thread being formed on the interior of the socket and upon the end of the wooden handle. This method of securingis very unsatisfactory, as the parts are apt to wear loose and the threads become worn off the wooden handle.

This invention consists, essentially, in constructing the socket to receive the end of the wooden handle with a slot or aperture at one side and a plate or clamping-piece fittedV therein and held in position by a bolt, screw, or other locking appliance. It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figurelisaside elevation ofhandle-socket; Fig. 2, a sectional plan of same; Fig. 3, a sec-l tional plan showing modified form of hooking device at one end of clamping-plate; Fig. 4, a sectional plan showing another modification with the clamping-plate hinged at one end; Fig. 5, a sectional plan showing another modiication with the clamping-plate secured by a screw at both ends; Fig. 6, a side elevation of socket, showinga modified arrangement of the clamping-plate with bolt passing through the center; Fig. 7, a sectional plan of Fig. 6 Fig. 8, a longitudinal section at right angles to Fig. 6; Fig. 9, a longitudinal section at right angles to Fig. G, showing a slot in end of handie to receive the bolt; Fig..10, a side elevation showing anothermodication of the clamping-plate with central bolt; Fig. 1l, a sectional plan of Fig. 10; Fig. 12, a longitudinal section at rightangles to Fig. l0.

The carpet-sweeper socket A to receive the wooden handle or stale B we Inake with a slot, aperture, or opening C at one side, and

into this aperture C we iit a clamping-plate D to embrace the end of the handle or stale B and firmly hold it in position, the plate being secured in position by a screw or bolt E or other locking device. The form we at present prefer is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which the clamping-plate D is constructed at one side with a hooked lug d, which engages an eye a at one side of the socket A, and at the other side with a lug d to receive a screw E, passing through into a tapped hole a. at the other side of the socket A. A small screw or pin b is inserted in the handle B for the purpose of at once bringing the handle to its proper position in the socket A. I

In Fig. 3 the clamping-plate D 'is secured at one side by a hooked lu g d2, passing behind the lug d2 on the socket A, and at the Iother. side by the screw E, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 4 the clamping-plate D is secured at one side by a hinge d3 and at the other side by a screw E, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 5 the clamping-plate D is secured at one side by a screw E', passing through a lug d4 into a tapped hole 0,3 in a lug d4 in the socket A, and at the other side by the screw E, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Figs. 6 to 9 the clamping-plate D is secured by a bolt E2, passing through the center, with a nut e, by which the end of the wooden handle or stale B is securely clamped or held in position. The plate is provided with two lugs d5 d, entering notches inthe socket A to prevent it slipping out of position.

Thebolt E2 may pass through a hole b in the Y handle, as in Fig. 8, or a slot b may be made therein to receive the bolt E2. This latter arrangement is preferable, as it obviates the= necessity of removing the bolt when it is desired to remove or replace the handle.

In Figs. 10 to 12 the aperture Cin the side of the socket A is made to extend from top to bottom, and the clamping-plate D is `itted therein, being held in position by the bolt E2 passing through the center. l

What we claim as our invention, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a carpet-sweeper, a socket to receive` the handle, constructed with an aperture at one side, a clamping-plate fitted into the aperture, and a screw to secure the plate in po-v ICO4 Sition and Clamp the end of the handle, suh- In Wtnesswhereof wehzwe hereunto signed smutielly as described. ou r n ames, in the presence of two subscribing 2. The combination with :L earpetsweeper witnesses, the 14th day of December, 1001.

of L socket Ato receive the handle B, )r0- T r1 A) Clamping-plate D, a Securing-lug on one edge XVILT AM HFNFY KFNJYON of the clamping-plate, and L screw E a1; the J J m J other edge passing through :L lug in the said Witnesses:

plate and into a hole in the socket, subsmn- GEO. WC. PICKU?,

zo tialiy as described. g ROBERT THOMAS UAYHURST. 

